I remember that section from Cannon, and I couldn't help but think that some of those weapons sounded really neat. Especially if you were playing some kind of Jackie Chan styled adept and were somewhere unusual, like a meat market or a bowling alley when ninjas suddenly attack.

How about a thread devoted to improvised weapons that don't immediately parse to being weapons? I, for one, want to know the damage caused by a troll hitting you with a motorcycle or a subcompact.

That is kind of what we are doing with the Every Day Gear for Runners project, though we aren't specifically working on improvised weapons.

Ghouls!

The Eurocar Westwind 3K: Improvised throwing weapon.

I've got to dig up my copy of Maximum Metal now... I think they had rules in there for things like powered armor slugging it out with nearby objects.

See, I have to admit, when I think "improvised weapon", I instantly mentally default to ripping a wrought-iron gate off its hinges and hurling it to pin someone against a wall. But maybe that's more of an anti-vampire thing.

How about a Troll, being attacked by two drones, grabbing one drone (possibly via machine gun barrel) and using it to beat the second?

This reminds me I really should write up the story from our last session. We hijacked a plumber's van, and then were involved in vehicle chase.

Actually had a troll use a dead fellow shadowrunner as a club to fight off a fire elemental. Unfortunately for the troll his dead chummer had a bunch of explosive rounds on him. Tight corridors + explosive rounds = chunky salsa.

That's almost as awesome as the fact that I once used a still-living 'runner who caught on fire after a hellhound attack to negate lighting penalties.